Google and Facebook are circling Africa with huge undersea cables to get millions online
submitted about 7 years ago by xyz
submitted about 7 years ago by xyz
- Tech companies like Facebook and Google are investing in underwater internet cables to improve connectivity in Africa, where only 24% of the population currently has internet access.
- These projects aim to make internet access cheaper and more widespread, opening up a larger market for their services as millions more people come online.
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samuekhator
about 7 years ago
Mhen!
Realization is an extreme sport sometimes. The revelation that more than half of the people in the African continent are still without any form of internet access is a huge setback for globalization and development. It's also reassuring that between in the last 13 years, great progress have been made in this respect. This is why I'm especially glad that the two IT giants, Facebook and Google, are doing the most to maintain this progress. There is more progress to be made ahead.
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